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Ini Edo causes stir at Lagos night club

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Thursday, June 14th, 2012

Nollywood media have reported that top actress Ini Edo was the reason a guy was thrown out of a Nigerian club last week when he tried to dance with her. “It was a bad day for a young dude on Friday, June 1 at a club in Lekki when Ini Edo showed him dancing with […]

Dana Air gears up for prompt payment of claims

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Lagos — Dana Air management has put structures in place to ensure prompt payment of benefits to families of those who lost their lives in the tragic accident of Sunday, June 3, 2012. Consequently, it has opened three dedicated toll-free lines, manned by well trained personnel, solely for claims administration and payment procedures. Within 24 […]

Canada rises to 4th in world peace rankings

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Canada has come in fourth on an annual ranking of world peacefulness, trailing only Iceland, Denmark and New Zealand. The 2012 Global Peace Index released Tuesday — the sixth produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, an Australia-U.S. think-tank, with data from the Economist Intelligence Unit — saw Canada move up three spots from […]

Enyeama’s blunder shameful – Keshi

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

By John Egbokhan Coach Stephen Keshi has described as ‘shameful’,the blunder of goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama in last weekend’s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Malawi The match ended 1-1, with the Super Eagles taking the lead with a minute left in regulation time at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre, only to allow the Malawians equalise […]

Dana air crash: Further release of victims’ bodies put on hold

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna LAGOS — Further release of bodies of victims of last Sunday’s Dana air crash may have been put on hold at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial Mortuary of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, pending the completion of the DNA test on the unidentifiable corpses. This development emerged, yesterday, […]

Gunmen kill Yobe Assembly’s Deputy Leader

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Yobe Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Potiskum (Yobe) – Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday killed the Deputy Leader of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Alhaji Adamu Degubi. The Public Relations Officer of the Yobe State Police Command, Mr Adamu Salihu, confirmed the killing of the legislator. “We have not ascertained those behind the killing and their motive. “Investigation is going on […]

Court jails mother, 3 kids for assault

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Asaba – An Asaba Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 44-year-old woman, Mrs Helen Nwokobia and her three children to six months imprisonment each for assaulting their landlord. The children are Chukwudi Nwokobia, 20, Emeka Nwokobia, 17 and Ify Nwokobia, 23. The court, however, gave the convicts an option of N2, 000 as fine each. […]

Gunmen kill 6 in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Kano – Gunmen have shot dead six persons at Rimin Kebe in Tudun Murtala, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano. An eye witness in Kano on Tuesday said that the incident, which happened at about 10:00 p.m on Monday, left many others seriously injured. The eye witness said the suspected gunmen stormed the area with […]

Dana didn’t heed my warning – Akpabio

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Monday, June 11th, 2012

AKWA Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio on Sunday said he had earlier lodged a complaint with the management of Dana Air before the unfortunate plane crashed at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos on June 3. The governor regretted that his warning was not heeded. Akpabio told reporters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, that he intimated the […]

Oyo sacks 3,000 workers for forgery

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Monday, June 11th, 2012

June 11, 2012 by Akinwale Aboluwade, Ibadan Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi | credits: Oyo State Government said on Sunday that it had sacked 3,000 workers over certificate forgery and age falsification among other offences. In a statement, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Dr. Festus Adedayo, said the workers were sacked to […]